Curb box and cock support



1,578,885 J. R. FLINN CURB BOX AND COCK SUPPORT March 30 1926.

Filed April 11 1925 Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

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citizen of the United States; 'i'"esidiiigf'aty ment of said curb box independentlyofthe cock of the supply pipe. y Other obfects ofthe invention are to .provide a support `of this character 'which is'en`- gageable beneath thejsupply pipe and is yan-v chored the earth by reason of its-inherent Weight and construction; to .providea ycurb box support Whic'lifcjarriesthe line pipe and is equipped With'lockingfineans to hold the curb box from 'cas'ualfdisplacemeiit; fand to .provide a support:with` locking-means Vwhich latter will fnot p interfere with. expe,-

ditioiisengagenient or disengagement of theV curb box ivithor frointhe supportw Other' 'objectsf of. theV inven'ti understood froi'n the "folio:'Wiiig'y 'description ofthe-present preferred forni of the invention taken in connection with the acconrpanyiiig drawingswherein y y Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view offa curb box and cock support constructed in ac- Cordance with this invention illustrating its` application;

Fig. 2 is a perspective vien7 of the curb ybox and cock support perse; and y.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view showing acurb box "r'ia-gn'ientarily in dotted lines therein. -V

In order to illustrate the application of this invention, a cui'b box 4 isshown whichk is of standard construction and includes a base 5 having' upstanding tapering ribs (i on theopposite sides thereof; Also, a supply pipe 7 of usual construction is arinnlgedV through the curbbox shown inF 1g. l and is equipped with a standard type of cook.

T he curb box per se consists of a supporting member or base 8 of substantially rectangular configuration with portions` of two opposite sides thereof extended to provide ribs 9 which serve to yreinforce and facilitate anchoring of the member. Upstanding on the member 8 isa rectangular box 10 which pfly'pipe 7 Which-latter is adapted to vseat but as a further means to augment retenis ei'ilart'fgedl at diametri'c'allyoppositepoints to provide su'p'poi'itin'g"'lugs '11. vThe v upper faces oit-these lugs are grooved indicated at `l2 tocoinpli'ri'ei'i't th'esh'a'pe of the 'sup in the' groo'ved 'faces of Vsaid lugs. A po-rtioi'i of the eentrnpaft of the member e isi-re;A

. movedto provide an openingl 13 vin order to decrease lthe weight off said ii'ien'jler and lto" facilitate inouiitiiig of the Cockof thesup ply pipe therein."4 j f Assiio'wn to advantage in ing.v i of the drawings, the base of lthe curb .boxis defpositd Within thevr boxing 10, "po'i'rtions vof said base resting on opposite 7sides of the opening13."'In order to lockfthe curb boxfroin Casual'displaceirienh fingers or exten-.l sions are provided. Theselingers are formed integral with the inner face of one side ofthe *boxing 10 kand project inwardly at righ't'anglesto the side'of the boxing' "and Within the plane of tlelatter. In lthe 'drawiiigisrtivo of theseziinge-rs lare shown one of einen is engaged en @aan I side er are rib 6- on` one side of' the' citrb box.' isY to be un# rflesser number ot the Vfingers finay loe` use@ it Iivhioli s'aidloasfe `is" 'perinittedvv to'A gravitate into engagement With the top of Vtlie'meii'iber 8. Grdinafrily, the fingers in themselves placement of the curb boxv from the support tion of the curbboxin said support additional locking means 415 are provided.v

desired. YThe base i' of thecurb box'isj fcanfteid tof permitlftlie saine y to. be engagedbeneath the jfng'ers after .would be suicient to permit vertical dis-v This means consists of pins which are driven through the boxing i() preferably througl'i the side of the boxing vopposite to the side-- upon Wliichthe iiugerswllt are formed.v In the present instance, two pins are shown which areadapted to 'straddle the rib 6 on the opposite side of the curb box to that which isV engaged by the ngers 14.' These pins are' driven through openings ivhiohare 'approximately` of the same diameter as the periph! eiy'of the pins sothat it Will be necessary to drivei the pins in under force-,thereby niini'mizingthe possbilityot the'latter being p Zdisplaced.` `If,' at? any time, it should be den U lsired to vdiseii'gage 'the' curb box from its l supportv it is apparent that the pins may be `v disengaged from the boxing lin 4,an obvious manner; :It is to` be understood thattheupns l5 are shown merely for purposes of illus tration and that the purport of this invention is to provide openings through which any element-s may be urged to lie above the base of the curb box.,

The supporting member in its entirety including the member *8 and boxing 10, may'be made of metal or any other suitable Vmaterial and may be cast, molded :or form-ed in any other' desired manner.V The configuration of the manner herein set forth is deemed important in order that the curb box will be sustained in a vert-ical position at all times. lt is, moreover, import-ant that locking f means be provided on the ,boxing ylOwvhich overhang'the base ot' the curb box so as to prevent vertical displacement of the latter. The present device will hold the curb box and support together' so that it moved at all they will be moved as a unit and immaterial of the expansion and contraction of 'the earth caused by changes in' atmospherical conditions, there lwill be no change in the relative conditions of the curb boxVK and the support. f i

It is to be 'understood thatvarious changes may be made in this device especially in the details ot construction, proportion and arrangement o'f parts Without departing from the spirit. and scope of the invention as covered in the claims appended hereto.

Vhat is claimed is z- 1. A curb box and coelsupport including' a supporting member engageable beneath the cock of a supply pipe and adapted for the reception of a curb box, and means forming a part of the supporting member to ,prevent longitudinal displacementy of the curb box from the latter.I

A curb-box and cock support including a supporting member engageable beneath the cockot a supply pipe and adapted tor the reception or a curb box, means formed 1ntegral vvith one side of said member to engage oneslde .et the curb box for preventing longitudinal displacement of said box from the member, and mealfs engageable through the other side 'of said member to engage the other side of said box to hold the latter from displacement.

8. A curb box and cock supportincluding a supporting member engageable beneath the cock ot' a ksupply .pipe and adapted `for the reception of a curb box, means formedV on one side of said member curb box at one side of the latter, the other side of said member having openings therein to receive means adapted to overhang said curb box on the other side of the latter to prevent relative movement of said kmember and box. l

t. A curb box and cock support including an integral casting composed of a substair tially rectangular plat-e, opposite margins oi boxing upstanding on said plate having parallellugs 'for the reception of a supply pipe, and ingers formed on saidboxing and extending inwardly at right angles to the sides ofthe latter substantially asdescribed.

Y the Vboxing having openings formed therein.

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to overhang the 'which are extended to vprovide ribs and a ,55 Y' 

